{"id":3356,"date":"2012-02-27T21:38:41","date_gmt":"2012-02-27T21:38:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.peakepro.com\/?p=3356"},"modified":"2012-02-27T21:38:41","modified_gmt":"2012-02-27T21:38:41","slug":"long-listed-national-poetry-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertpeake.com\/archives\/3356-long-listed-national-poetry-competition.html","title":{"rendered":"Long-Listed, National Poetry Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a>I came home from a long weekend in rural West Sussex to a letter from The Poetry Society informing me that one of my poems had been long-listed for the National Poetry Competition<\/a>. This means it was selected as one of 130 long-listed poems out of over 11,000 entries to one of the UK’s top prizes.<\/p>\n Unfortunately, it also means that it did not progress further to a commendation or award. Still, it is nice to know the poem made it this far along. And I suppose if we are still living in the UK around this time next year, I will have a chance to enter again. Looking forward to the announcement of winners next month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I came home from a long weekend in rural West Sussex to a letter from The Poetry Society informing me that one of my poems had been long-listed for the National Poetry Competition. This means it was selected as one of 130 long-listed poems out of over 11,000 entries to one of the UK’s top …<\/p>\n